{"id":6900,"date":"2015-10-26T14:03:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T14:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2015\/10\/26\/in-defense-of-christendom\/"},"modified":"2015-10-26T14:03:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T14:03:24","slug":"in-defense-of-christendom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2015\/10\/26\/in-defense-of-christendom\/","title":{"rendered":"In Defense of Christendom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Though flawed, Bret Stephens&#39; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/article_email\/in-defense-of-christendom-1445296794-lMyQjAxMTA1OTIwMDAyODAwWj\" target=\"_self\">In Defense of Christendom<\/a> sounds an alarm that ought not be ignored:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Could Europe\u2019s liberal political traditions, its religious and cultural heritage, long survive a massive influx of Muslim immigrants, in the order of tens of millions of people? No. Not given Europe\u2019s frequently unhappy experience with much of its Muslim population. 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